Improvement in annunciators



J. S. BIRCH.

, Annuncator. No. 84,474.. I Patented Dec. l. 1868.

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J. s. BIRCH, or NEW YORK, N. Y. Lettee's Patent No. 84,474, dated December 1, 1868; antedated November 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN .ANNUNCIATORS The Schedule referred to :ln these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, J. S. BIRCH, of New York,'in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Combined Check-Annunciator; and I do hereby that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled .in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The ligure is a side view of a room illustrating my improvement.

My invention has for its object to furnish a means by which the attendant at a billiard or other table may communicate to the cashier in another part of the room, or in another room, the amount of indebtedness incurred by the party at any particular table; and

It consists in the combination of two indicators, formed of an enclosing case, movable'tablet, or checktable, and Weighted sliding rod, placed, one at or near the table, and the other at ornear the cashiers desk, and connected by a cord, Wire, or other` exible connection, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a long, narrow case attached to the wall of a room or other suitable support, at or near the table to be occupied. A

The lower part of the case A is provided with a door,- a, through which access may be had to its interior, and which is under the exclusive control of the attendant at that table.

The case A is also made with a hole or opening through itsfrout side, through which the party at all times can see the record of the amount of their bill as y,the liabilities are incurred.

B are rods, which slide up and down through the cases A, and which have tablets or check-tables, C, attached to them, which are moved up and down with the movement of the sliding rods B.

'I hese tablets, C, may be formed by passing an endless belt around two rollers, pivoted, one in the upper and the other in the lower part of the case A, said belt being securely attached to the sliding rods B; or the tablet C may be a plate sliding vertically Within the case A as the rod B moves up and down.

Upon the tablets C should be formed series of several hundred numbers, the series of the tablet at the table having thesmallest number at the top, and increasing downward, and the tablet at the cashiers desk having'the smallest number at the bottom, and increas ing upward, as shown in the figure.'

The sliding rods of the two indicators are connected with awire, cord, or other flexible connection, D, passing over a suitable number of guide-pulleys, E.

The sliding rods, B, of the two indicators should have equal weights, F, attached to them, of suiicient Weight to keep the wire or other connection, D, always taut.`

The doors in the cases at the cashiers desk, Gr, may, if desired, be omitted.

The indicators in the oice may all be collected into a single large case, each indicator, however, being kept entirely distinct om and acting independently of the.

others.

The sliding rod B, at the cashiers desk, G, may be extended downward, and have a cross-head or projecting arm attached to it, which strikes against a spring, H, which carries the bell-hammer, I, of the bell J, so that the attendant may call the cashiers attention to the account of any table, as he may desire.

Ii desired, the bell J may be connected with and operated by the upper part of the sliding rod B, its position being immaterial. I claim -as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentrlhe arrangement of the table-boxes A, having doors, a', the sliding tablets C, operated by the weighted rods B, the cashiers box A, having a series of tablets, O, op? erated by the Weighted rod, extended to connect with the bell-hammer H, each ofsaid'table-tablets connected with the cashiers tablet by means of the cords D, and

all operating in the manner described, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signedrby me, this 24th day of January, 1868.

IJAMES T. GRAHAM. 

